The favors: Antonio Conte
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He is a renowned coach who has been successful in big clubs. In Italy, where he led Juventus Turin and Inter to the title, as in England, where he was crowned champion with Chelsea 2017. Free since leaving the Nerazzurri last June, the Italian coach stands out among the candidates for the Solskjaer estate according to British media. “Conte would undoubtedly make Manchester United a strong side, and possibly a title contender within the next 18 months“, estimates Pete Sharland, journalist on the site eurosport.co.uk.
Antonio Conte
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- Why is it complicated?
Life is never a long calm river with Conte. What emerges from his coaching career is that relationships are a difficult parameter to manage with the Italian technician. “Sin the short term this would certainly be a good recruitment, but much less in the long term, sums up Pete Sharland. Everyone knows how he is. Sooner or later, there’s bound to be a reason he clashes with someone. “In an unbalanced workforce rich in egos, this probability is all the more important.
L’outsider : Zinedine Zidane
Like Conte, Zidane has been free since leaving Real Madrid last spring. A club where he had exceptional success in his first steps as a coach of a first team, illustrated by his three victories in the Champions League. “The advantage of Zidane is that he has proven his ability to win titles, and he already knows Raphaël Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo“, recalls Pete Sharland. In his management, the French technician was comfortable to manage players with a strong personality at Real. A more significant if he came to join Manchester United.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane
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- Why is it complicated?
Zidane was in his element in Madrid, within a club where he totally mastered the environment after having evolved there as a player then as a technician, as assistant to Carlo Ancelotti then as coach of the reserve. At Manchester United, he would be in a totally different and unknown context for him. “He didn’t prove anything in a weaker team, juge Pete Sharland. At Real, he had a competitive team rich in leaders, this will not be the case in Manchester. Also, he doesn’t speak English very well, which can be detrimental with both players and the media..”
Potential surprises
This is one of the names that stands out in the free trainer market, and has been mentioned at times among potential successors to Solskjaer. But the former Nice and Borussia Dortmund coach has never managed a club of the stature like Manchester United. This fatally discredits the candidacy of the Swiss. “For me there is no way Manchester United will call on him, says Pete Sharland. He is absolutely not confirmed for the level required in the Red Devils.”
Lucien Favre
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The Leicester coach has recovered by guiding the Foxes to the gates of the Champions League last season. He is one of the most fashionable British coaches in the Kingdom. “We are starting to talk about him to succeed Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and, in his place, I would wait for this position, juge Pete Sharland. But for United it would be a good choice, someone who has a clear playing philosophy and has done a good job at Leicester. But the downside is that he hasn’t proven anything at a big club since his failure at Liverpool“It would be a risky bet. For MU as well as for Rodgers. But it deserves to be tried.
The PSG coach keeps a very good odds in England since his visits to Southampton and Tottenham. If he is increasingly criticized in France, the Argentine is nonetheless the leader of the championship and his Champions League group. “I think he would be open to a return to England, avance Pete Sharland. Right now it’s far from perfect for him in Paris and he’s clearly struggling to deal with all of PSG’s egos. United have them too, but not as important and his style of play has proven his success in England. He clearly wanted this job in the past. “His departure from PSG is however not on the agenda. Which makes it the most improbable track by far. But it remains mentioned across the Channel.
Lionel Messi and Mauricio Pochettino, a change full of incomprehension against OL
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